Mumbai Police arrested 60-year-old Akhtar Qutubuddin Hussaini last week in Versova for posing as a Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Scientist. The Jamshedpur resident carried 14 maps, nuclear blueprints, and sensitive data, along with fake BARC IDs, passports under aliases like Alexander Palmer, Aadhaar, and PAN cards. His brother Adil was nabbed in Delhi, while Jharkhand cyber café owner Munazzil Khan was held for forging documents. The trio used sold ancestral property addresses on fake passports to mask their tracks.

Investigators revealed the brothers began receiving foreign funds in 1995, starting with lakhs and escalating to crores after 2000. Payments allegedly came in exchange for BARC and nuclear plant secrets, funneled through a private bank account now under scrutiny. Multiple old accounts were abruptly closed to erase trails, but police are recovering records. Suspicious international calls point to handlers in Dubai, Tehran, and possible ISI links.

Akhtar’s deception peaked in 2004 when Dubai deported him for claiming to possess classified documents. Undeterred, he continued global travel using forged IDs crafted by Munazzil and brother Ilyas. The scam funded lavish lifestyles while allowing access to restricted zones. Meerut police also seek him for inciting unrest, showing his fraud spanned espionage to sedition.

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Seized files are undergoing forensic analysis to verify if real nuclear data was leaked. Intelligence agencies fear breaches in India’s atomic security protocols. The brothers’ 30-year con raises alarms over how easily impostors infiltrated sensitive circles. Akhtar lived quietly in Versova with his family, hiding the operation in plain sight.

The case exposes forgery networks thriving for decades, endangering national security. Akhtar remains in custody till November 12; Munazzil was grilled till November 1. Cops hunt foreign paymasters and full money trails. If confirmed, this could be India’s longest nuclear data racket.

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